The Department of Justice has charged ten members of an armed mob with attempted murder in connection with an attack on an ICE detention site on July 4.
According to the criminal complaint filed on Monday, the attackers dressed in military-style gear, including tactical vests, and set off fireworks at the Prairieland Detention Center outside Dallas before shooting a local cop and unarmed federal agents.
According to authorities, one defendant fired 20 to 30 rounds at two detention center staff, and a police officer from Alvarado was injured in the neck.
According to Alvarado police, the injured officer was flown to a hospital and then discharged following treatment.
The 10 accused face three counts of attempted murder and three counts of firing a firearm in connection with a violent crime.
According to the lawsuit, the team conducted their “organized attack” near a forested area outside the facility, launching pyrotechnics and spray-painting cars parked at the structure.
When the cop arrived on the scene, reacting to a 911 call from detention center workers, one of the inmates opened fire on him from the nearby woods, striking him once.
Meanwhile, another suspect allegedly opened fire on two unarmed federal agents who had exited the facility.
The attackers fled, apparently abandoning assault guns and filled magazines.
When Johnson County sheriff’s deputies and other law enforcement personnel ultimately apprehended them, they were armed, wearing body armor, and carrying two-way radios, according to police.
Officers found cans of spray paint and flyers stating, “FIGHT ICE TERROR WITH CLASS WAR!” and “FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS,” and a flag stating, “RESIST FACISM – FIGHT OLIGARCHY” in the suspects’ possession or in their vehicles, the department said.
Photos revealed with the court case show government vehicles with the words “traitor” and “ice pig” spray-painted.
“Make no mistake, this was not a peaceful protest,” said Acting US Attorney Nancy E. Larson. “This increasing trend of violence against law enforcement will not be tolerated in the Northern District of Texas.”
The “increasing trend” includes a separate incident in Oregon on the same day, when activists clashed with federal authorities at the Portland ICE facility after President Trump signed his “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” into law.
“We are closely monitoring the attacks on DHS detention facilities in Prairieland, TX, and Portland, OR, and are coordinating with the [US Attorney offices] and our law enforcement partners,” said Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on X.
Cameron Arnold, Savannah Batten, Nathan Baumann, Zachary Evetts, Joy Gibson, Bradford Morris, Maricela Rueda, Seth Sikes, Elizabeth Soto, and Ines Soto are the ten people charged with the attack in Texas.
